IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO081010
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO081010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO081010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3290
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38405
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.5199661
  • Std. Longitude: -107.9453964
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 94W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Moffat County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO081—Moffat
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO686—Moffat County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Nettleton
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Ustic Natrargids
  • PSC - 13 to 28 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1975
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: gently sloping terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTR2

    ELELB2

    SARCO

    Artemisia tridentata

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Sarcobatus

    big sagebrush

    squirreltail

    greasewood

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    6

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    1829

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    0

    381

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    A2—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25634
    B2T—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25635
    B3CA—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; 24 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25636
    C1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 10.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25637
    2C2—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loamy sand; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 10.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25638